Rocko and Nakota: Tales from the Land
JOSH LANGUEDOC
"Rocko: Within this tiny rock lies thousands of tiny stories. Older than you. Older than me. And if you listen hard enough. You can hear them."
Rocko is an absent grandfather trying to reconnect with his grandson, Nakota, who's struggling with an unknown illness. A chasm exists between them and their love of stories is the only way they can connect with each other. Languedoc's Rocko and Nakota: Tales from the Land will sneak up on you and warm you with its charm, humour and love.
—KENNETH T. WILLIAMS, Department of Drama, University of Alberta
published October 2023 in a print run of 100 copies
ISBN 978-1-7387253-4-2
Past production images
“Rocko” telling his stories at the Edmonton Fringe Livestream performance 2020.
Hearing impaired performance in the Waterfront Theatre at the Vancouver Fringe 2018
First on-the-land performance during the first ever Nogojiwanong Indigenous Fringe Festival (NIFF) in 2022.
Josh Languedoc is a proud member of Saugeen First Nation and lives as a guest in Treaty 6 Territory as an Anishinaabe playwright, producer, storyteller, and teacher. Since 2018, Josh has been touring his solo performance Rocko and Nakota: Tales From the Land to theatres and festivals all across Turtle Island. Some of Josh’s other plays include Feast (Gwaandak Theatre 2023, NewWorks and Fringe 2022), CIVIL BLOOD: A Treaty Story (Thou Art Here Theatre), The Eyes Of Spirits (Native Earth Performing Arts), and IN-COR-RI-GI-BLE: The Legend of Thundervoice (Blyth Festival). Josh also teaches around the Edmonton area with the Citadel’s Foote Theatre School, Edmonton Public Schools, Artstrek, Northern Alberta YMCA, and runs the teen playwriting program #WritesOfPassage at Workshop West Playwrights’ Theatre. As a producer, Josh has curated the pêhonân Series (Fringe Theatre), the Indigenous Pavilion (Silver Skate Festival), and Connections//Collisons (Mile Zero Dance). You may have also seen Josh dawn a leather jacket as Sonny Boy in the Indigenous hit Bear Grease (LightningCloud Productions). Josh recently finished his MFA Theatre Practice with a focus on Indigenous Playwriting, where he is officially the third Indigenous person to ever finish this program.